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3.46 AVERAGE
3.46 AVERAGE
"from baby teeth to virginity, to live is to regularly suffer loss"
this was an interesting one! it's a little bit more fantastical than things have gotten worse since we last spoke which for me meant my suspension of belief needed to be larger and therefore i think i was less moved, but overall i still really enjoyed it.
this was an interesting one! it's a little bit more fantastical than things have gotten worse since we last spoke which for me meant my suspension of belief needed to be larger and therefore i think i was less moved, but overall i still really enjoyed it.
This was definitely scarier (for me anyway, it’s the rats!!) than You’ve Lost a Lot of Blood and It’s Gotten Worse Since the Last Time we Spoke. I genuinely think this has given me a fear of spiders. This book was packed with claustrophobic atmosphere and I loved how horrifying it was. Eric La Rocca has such a talent for horror stories.
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This was definitely scarier (for me anyway, it’s the rats!!) than You’ve Lost a Lot of Blood and It’s Gotten Worse Since the Last Time we Spoke. I genuinely think this has given me a fear of spiders. This book was packed with claustrophobic atmosphere and I loved how horrifying it was. Eric La Rocca has such a talent for horror stories.
Merged review:
This was definitely scarier (for me anyway, it’s the rats!!) than You’ve Lost a Lot of Blood and It’s Gotten Worse Since the Last Time we Spoke. I genuinely think this has given me a fear of spiders. This book was packed with claustrophobic atmosphere and I loved how horrifying it was. Eric La Rocca has such a talent for horror stories.
tense
fast-paced
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book made me feel fuckin icky…and not in a cute fun way.
I feel like I was also too dumb for this LaRocca also, but unlike You’ve Lost A Lot of Blood, this one was not a fun reading experience for me.
The vibes were not here.
I feel like I was also too dumb for this LaRocca also, but unlike You’ve Lost A Lot of Blood, this one was not a fun reading experience for me.
The vibes were not here.
I originally rated this 4 stars but I just realized I think about this book a lot for some reason. It’s so different from the authors other works and just really gut punched me. The story was just so different from anything I’d ever read. Highly recommend!
I rated this 3.5 but apparently Goodreads won’t let me on the app?
OVERALL IMPRESSIONS
This was gore/horror done right, I didn’t 100% understand what all this book meant but I did catch on to the metaphor of it all. We as humans are all story tellers and sometimes we see our villains/aggressors in fleshy masks like our
own.
MAIN TAKE
I don't dislike this book, it was short and sweet and body horror filled. However I am left confused on some aspects of the true setting of this novel and some relationships between characters. I wouldn’t go out of my way to read it again, but not among the worst I’ve read.
OVERALL IMPRESSIONS
This was gore/horror done right, I didn’t 100% understand what all this book meant but I did catch on to the metaphor of it all. We as humans are all story tellers and sometimes we see our villains/aggressors in fleshy masks like our
own.
MAIN TAKE
I don't dislike this book, it was short and sweet and body horror filled. However I am left confused on some aspects of the true setting of this novel and some relationships between characters. I wouldn’t go out of my way to read it again, but not among the worst I’ve read.
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
I've been a fan of Larocca's writing for years and unfortunately I found this to be my least favourite of theirs that I've read. His typical cryptic, whiplash prose is a bit too thick here and once you sift through all of that there isn't anything uniquely compelling about what this work is trying to say. A bit of a frustrating read.
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
A trippy, weird book. Not exactly sure what happened.
There's more sewage in this book than I'd like. Just a lot of sewage all over for some reason.
There's more sewage in this book than I'd like. Just a lot of sewage all over for some reason.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Excrement
Moderate: Animal death, Body shaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, War, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Incest, Vomit, Murder, Pregnancy
What a waste of a gorgeous cover. I’m sorry did I read the same thing as everyone else??? Gratuitous, pointless, nonsensical horror with paper thin characters and a message that is so surface level and obvious. I couldn’t suspend any disbelief by how ridiculous this book was. This author seems to think writing gross shit is all it takes to write a horror novel. I want the time back I spent reading this garbage of a book.
Merged review:
What a waste of a gorgeous cover. I’m sorry did I read the same thing as everyone else??? Gratuitous, pointless, nonsensical horror with paper thin characters and a message that is so surface level and obvious. I couldn’t suspend any disbelief by how ridiculous this book was. This author seems to think writing gross shit is all it takes to write a horror novel. I want the time back I spent reading this garbage of a book.
Merged review:
What a waste of a gorgeous cover. I’m sorry did I read the same thing as everyone else??? Gratuitous, pointless, nonsensical horror with paper thin characters and a message that is so surface level and obvious. I couldn’t suspend any disbelief by how ridiculous this book was. This author seems to think writing gross shit is all it takes to write a horror novel. I want the time back I spent reading this garbage of a book.